Eyeglasses



I. Z. LE PAGE.

EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, |919.

'1 ,325,362. Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

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JOSEPH Z. LE PAGE, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

Application filed August 23, 1919. Serial No. 319,380.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Z. LE PAGE, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Southbridge, Worcester county, Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

VThis invention relates to eye glass frames and its object is to so divide the frame of each glass at one side that it has a tendency to sprin apart, but to be closed about the edge of t e glass and eye shade and the ends locked together so that a simple and cheap joint is provided and one that is quickly closed or opened.

These and other objects and details of the invention are more fully described in the following specification, set forth in` the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of the lens frames showing the improvements,

Fig. 2 is a similar view with theframes open,

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the frame,

Fig. 4f is a detail view,

Figs. 5 and 6 show a modied construction,

The heretofore constructed frame for eye glasses or what is commonly known as goggles, consisted of a frame at whose ends two lugs were soldered and which were drilled and tapped for a screw to hold the ends together after the glass was inserted. Thisl construction was necessarily costly on account of the smallness of the parts and the difficulty in assembling the same and the labor of drilling and tapping thel perforations for the screw and the placing of the latter, which was often liable to work loose or be stripped of its threads and release the ends.

To overcome these undesirable features, the frame 5 in the drawings is grooved on its interior or made concave in cross section to inclose and hold the glass or lens 6, and one of its ends 7, is made with a wedgepointed end eX- tends downward and its base is notched at 9.

The other end of the frame carries a plate 10 riveted or otherwise secured, and having a slot 11, adapted to fit over the lug 8 and drop into the notch 9. The plate 10 is of' spring steel and readily engages the lug or may be sprung outward to release the same, so the lens can be removed or replaced.

vof the wearer.

The outer end 12 of the plate is slightly offset to assist in its location on the lug and so that it may be caught by the finger or a tool to release the same. Adjacent the edge of the lens or glass 6 is a wire ring 13 carrying a shade 14E of thin fabric whose'other end is also provided with a wire ring 15, sloping to conform with the face of the wearer around his eye so that the light or dust shall not reach the same and his vision is entirely confined to the lens or colored glass. ring 13 at the adjacent sides of the glasses that the two rings tend to spring away from each other at their outer ends and so thatxthe fabric 16 is held taut and eectually closes the gap between the glass and the face The ring 13 and the edge of the glass 6 are both contained in the groove of the frame and held there as long as the catch is closed. v

In the modified form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the spring plate is dispensed with and the catch consists of the headed lug on one end of the frame while the other end ofthe frame has pivoted to it a hook that engages the lug and may be manipulated to engage or release the lug.

These means for closing the frame to hold the lens not only replace the costly screwconnection and its slow and tedious manipulation, but afford a ready and instantaneous The ring 15 is so connected with the so'V means for releasing or closing the ends without the use of tools and which are not.

.be resorted to without departing from the essential features above described or from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. In an eye glass, the combination of4 a ring grooved on its inside and adapted to open and separate at one end, a lug on one of the separated parts of the end, and having an inclined outer face and a notched upper face, and a spring on the other part with a perforation vat its outer end and adapted to engage the lug.

2. In an eye glass, the combination of a ring carried by a nose piece at one end and separated and adapted to open at the other end, a wedge-shaped lug on one of the open ends, and a fiat spring with a perforation adapted to be forced up the wedge-shaped lug until the perforation permits it to snap over the lugqv i 3. In an eye glass, the combination of a ring attached at one side to a nose piece and separated at the opposite side, a lug with an inclined face on one of the separated ends, and a fiat spring with an oiiset and perforated at one end and attached to the other separated end of the ring and adapted to travel up the inclined lug, until the latter enters the perforation.

4. In an eye glass, the combination of an internally grooved ring disconnected at one side, a lens and a ring carrying a fabric shield adapted to be clamped in the ring when closed, a notched Wedge on one of the JOSEPH Z. LE PAGE.

Witnesses:

CHRISTINE EARLS, WILLIAM W. BUCKLEY. 

